London, UK – 25th March 2025, Premier Science Ltd integrates the Problematic Paper Screener (PPS) into its eWorkflow submission system. The Problematic Paper Screener was established in 2021 by Cabanac et al, working at the Computer Science Department of the University of Toulouse.1 By looking for tortured phrases and generative AI as “fingerprints”, the tool can identify nonsensical computer-generated articles. The PPS is a free platform that aims to serve the scientific community. Premier Science now uses the PPS in eWorkflow’s submission system to scan for over 8,000 “fingerprints” of anomaly.

Dr Riaz Agha, Publishing Director at Premier Science, who led the integration commented: we are grateful to Professor Cabanac and his colleagues for sharing their deep expertise in this area with us. This integration adds to the suite of research integrity tools already integrated with eWorkflow. This will ensure more thorough screening and empower our Editors to reject poor-quality and unauthentic scholarly contributions from our publishing ecosystem. The tool has already passed its pilot phase and is making an excellent contribution.

Further information: Dr Riaz Agha, Publishing Director, Premier Science Ltd riaz@premierscience.com 

1. Guillaume Cabanac, Cyril Labbé, Alexander Magazinov. The 'Problematic Paper Screener' automatically selects suspect publications for post-publication (re)assessment. Presented at WCRI 2022: 7th World Conference on Research Integrity. Available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2210.04895  (see also https://www.irit.fr/~Guillaume.Cabanac/problematic-paper-screener )